Posts tagged ‘Substance abuse’

Most of the signs and symptoms of prescription substance abuse are same as symptoms of mental health problems like depression or anxiety disorders. When they are used in high doses, or without the supervision of a physician, prescription drugs, cold and cough medicine can be very dangerous as illegal drugs. Few physical symptoms of prescription [...]

There are always many possibilities of athletes using certain drugs to enhance their performance in competitions. The athlete drug testing is thus performed to sustain the competition and spirit of hard work. But it has been a controversy always among athletes as they seem to violate certain rights of privacy and decency of them. Athlete [...]

The duties of Drug counselors include conducting special programs for preventing alcohol and drug abuse. They also try to identify behaviors and problems related to drug addiction. These counselors are opposing drug-testing law. South Carolina delegate Craig Blair has proposed a bill on randomly testing the abuse of drugs for people who are receiving welfare, [...]

Saliva or oral fluid-based drug tests can generally detect use during the previous few days. Saliva drug test is becoming more prevalent because of its convenience and the fact that it can not be adulterated. Furthermore, on-site oral based tests in particular enable the implementation of random testing programs, proven the most effective type of [...]